Foot scraper



' Feb. 26, 1929.

G. L. CURTIS FOOT SCRAPER Filed May 25, 1927 Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

GEORGE L. CURTIS, or POCATELLO, IDAHO.

FOOT SCRAPER.

Application filed May 25,

This invention aims to provide a combined cleaner for shoes including a scraper and brushes, the article being so constructed that it may be manufactured at small expense, the brushes being held yi-eldably in position to engage the shoe whilstthe shoe is being drawn across the scraper.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in. the precise embodiment of the invention here in disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. a

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a plan; Figure 2 is an end elevation; Figure 3 is a side elevation; and Figure 1 is a section on the line 14 of Figure 3.

The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of metal and includes a base 1 comprising downwardly diverging concaved plates 2 and 3 connected at their upper edges by securing elements 4, the plate 2 being prolonged a little way above the plate 3 to form a scraper 5, there being a recess 6 in the base 1, between the concaved portions of the plates 2' and 3. There are openings 7 in the bottompa-rts of the plates 2 and 3, thcseo penin gs being ad apted to receive fastening devices, (not shown) whereby the device is held down in position. Upstanding ears 8 are formed on the corners of the plates 2 and 3. The cars 8 have openings 9 receiving trunnions 10.011 brush car- .cleaners 15, of any desired kind 1927. Serial Ive/194,140.

riers 11, in the form of plates. The brush carriers 11 are connected and are pulled inwardly against the ends of the base 1, that is, against the'ends of the plates. 2 and 3, by means of a retractile spring 12 which connects the brush carriers 11, the spring 12 extending through the recess 6. On the upper corners of the brush carriers 11, brackets 14 are formed, these brackets supporting v for instance, brushes, held on the brackets 14 by securing members 16 which pass through the upper ends of the brush carriers 11 and engage the brushes.

In practical operation, when a person draws a dirty shoe across the scraper 5, the mud is removed from the sole of the shoe, and at the same time, the brushes 15 work on the sides of the shoe, the brushes being drawn toward the sides of the shoe, bythe spring 12. I

- What is claimedis:

In a device of the class described, a scraper including connected downwardly diverging concaved plates the upper portions of which are substantially vertical, the lower portions of the plates being substantially horizontal and being provided with upstanding ears, carriers supplied at their lower ends with trunnions mounted to rock in the ears, the plates being separable as aforesaid to permit the trunnions to be mounted in the cars, a removable securing element connecting the upper portions ofthe plates of the scraper, a retractile spring between the plates of the scraper and connected to the carriers, and brushes mounted on the carriers and located above the scraper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

GEORGE L. CURTIS. 

